Store-service apparatus.



No.889,538;' PATBNTED JUNE 2, 1 908.

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I APPL IOATIO PI LED MAY 22, 1905 2 S EX B 2 WITNESSES CHARLES ,J. MILLER Y I I 1 19/6 ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT CHARLES MILLER, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

STORE-SERV ICE APPARATUS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. MILLER, of

'Minneapolis, Hennepin county, Minnesota,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Store-Service Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to store service apparatus and particularly to package carriers, and the object of the invention is to provide a receptacle that is detachable from the carrier and wherein articles of a bulky nature can be placed for transportation from one station to another.

The invention consists generally in providing a carrier and a receptacle fitting therein and provided with means to prevent the accidental disengagement of the receptacle from the carrier, but permitting it to be readily removed at either end.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a package carrier embodymg my invention.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, the locking device being shown partially in section. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 9cx of Fig. 2 illustrating the position of the locking devices at each end of the receptacle.

In the drawing, 2 represents the ends of the carrier connected by side and bottom bars 3 and provided with brackets 4 and supported upon a way 4. by carrying wheels 5 connected by a rod 6. The ends 2 are open as shown, to allow the insertion of the shallow pan 7 into the carrier, or its removal therefrom. Bars 8 are provided on said ends upon eachside of the middle of the carrier and supported at their inner ends on posts 9. The pan 7 fits into the carrier between these bars. The inner ends of the bars 8 are spaced from one another, and upon each end of the pan 7 I provide handles 10 pivoted on cars 11 and provided with lugs 12 that are adapted to slip under the ends of the bars 8 and prevent accidental vertical movement of said an. Springs 13 are provided for each of said handles to normally hold the lugs 12 against the ends of the pan in position to engage the bars 8. On the opposite side'of their pivots from the lugs 12 the handles 10 p are provided with arms 14 that engage the walls of the pan and limit the outward swinging movement of said handles, allowing sufiicient travel, however, for the lugs 12 to clear the bars 8 and permit the end of the pan to be lifted. The pan can be removed from Specification'of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 22, 1905. Serial No. 261,525.

Patented June 2, 1908.

either end, and when one handle is tilted to releaseone end and the pan is drawn toward that end the opposite handle will slide between the bars 8 without contacting therewith and allow theremoval of the pan from the carrier. I am thus able to securely lock each end of the pan against accidental vertical movement and disengage it from the carrier at either end.

I claim as my invention:

1. A package carrier comprising depending ends and a support connecting said ends and wheels adapted to rest and travel upon the line wire or way, a tray or pan loosely resting upon said support and adapted to receive and transport articles of a bulky nature, said pan being removable from said support at each end of the carrier, and a locking device provided at each end of said pan.

2. A package carrier comprising a support having wheels adapted to rest and travel upon the way, a package receptacle carried by said support and removable at each end thereof, and locking devices provided at each end of said receptacle, said devices automatically locking each end of said receptacle against accidental vertical movement, but allowing the removal of the receptacle at either end of the support when the locking device at that end is released, substantially as described.

3. A package carrier comprising a support having wheels adapted to rest and travel upon the way, a package receptacle carried by said sup ort, pivoted handles provided on each end 0 said receptacle and normally engaging stops on said su port to limit the vertical movement of sai receptacle, and the handle at each end of said receptacle becoming released and allowing the withdrawal of the receptacle from its support upon the releasing of the handle at one end of said support and the movement of the receptacle toward that end, substantially as described.

4. A package carrier comprising a frame having wheels adapted to rest and travel upon the way and having bars upon each side of the middle of said frame and raised above the bottom thereof, there being an unobstructed space between the inner ends of said bars, a pan fitting within said frame, and handles pivoted on the ends of said pan and adapted to pass through the unobstructed space between said bars when said pan is moved lengthwise, and said handles having laterally extending lugs that project under ISO said bars and limit vertical movement of said an 5. In a store service apparatus, the combination, with a carrier, of a package receptacle fitting therein and removable at either end, and locking devices arranged to prevent premature movement of said receptacle, said locking devices allowing removal of said rece tacle by releasing the locking device at eit er end and moving the receptacle toward that end.

6. In a store service apparatus, the combination, with a carrier, of a package receptacle removably fitting therein, locking devices provided on each end of said receptacle and arranged to revent accidental vertical movement of said pan, but allowing the pan to be removed at either end of the carrier when the locking device at that end is released, sub- 20 stantially as described.

7. Apackage carrier comprising a support having abottom and wheels adapted to rest and travel upon the line wire, a tray or pan removably arranged on said bottom and adapted to receive and trans ort articles of a bulky nature, and means for ocking said tray on said support.

8. A package carrier comprising a support having wheels adapted to rest and travel upon a line wire, a frame supported by said wheels and having open ends, a parcel receptacle removably arranged within said frame and a temporary locking device.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of May, 1905.

CHARLES J. MILLER. 

